Kidney Care: Providing the Proper Education and Treatment in Central Virginia
Let Lynchburg Nephrology help you delay, prevent, or halt the progression of your kidney disease.
What We Treat
CKD
CKD or Chronic Kidney Disease includes conditions that damage your kidneys. As per National Kidney Foundation, 1 in 3 adult Americans are at risk of Kidney Disease. 37 million adult Americans have kidney disease and they are unaware of it. Our physicians diagnose and provide treatment for people with conditions that cause CKD. Through education and personalized care, our goal is to delay the progression of your kidney disease.
Hypertension
Our providers specialize in treating difficult to control blood pressure. Uncontrolled blood pressure can lead to heart, vascular and kidney disease.
Kidney Stones
Our providers specialize in medically managing and preventing kidney stone formation. By educating patients about the risks and factors commonly contributing to the forming of kidney stones, our providers try to help manage this painful condition, as it is related to kidney health.
Additional Conditions
Our providers care for other type of kidney diseases including:
- Genetic and Autoimmune kidney diseases such as Polycystic Kidney Disease, Lupus Nephritis
- Glomerular diseases
- Electrolyte problems such as high or low sodium levels and low or high potassium levels
- Acute Kidney disease
Our Services
Dialysis
If you lose kidney function, you may need to start renal replacement therapy, commonly referred to as dialysis. There are 2 kinds of treatment:
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Hemodialysis
Hemodialysis is a treatment that cleans the fluid and poisons from your blood. During a hemodialysis treatment, your blood travels through tubing to an artificial kidney or Dialyzer where the poisons and fluid are removed.
Hemodialysis can be done in a dialysis facility or in your home. Nightly Home Hemodialysis is a treatment that takes place in your home and allows for more freedom and flexibility.
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Peritoneal Dialysis
Peritoneal Dialysis is a treatment that you can do at home after training is completed. Peritoneal dialysis uses the lining of your abdominal cavity as the filter for cleaning your blood.
Transplant
If you have advanced kidney disease and are approaching dialysis or are already on dialysis, kidney transplantation may be a good treatment option for you. Our team can help guide you through the kidney transplantation referral process and work closely with your transplant team after surgery. We collaborate closely with the top two transplant centers in the country — University of Virginia, Charlottesville and Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond — to provide excellent transplant care.